Cutter cleaner for food choppers



Jan. 1, 1924 L. C. EDWARDS CUTTER CLEANER FOR FOOD CHOPPERS Filed April12, 1923 Patented Jan. 1, 1924-.

outrun I iaiesse LOUIS o. EDWARDS, or ELLIN'GTON, CONNECTICUT.

CUTTER CLEANER FOR FOOD CHOPPERS.

Application filed. April 12, 1923. Serial No. 631,639.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS G. EDWARDS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ellington, in the county ofTolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gutter Cleaners for Food Choppers; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, scription of the invention, such aswillenable others skilled in the art-t0 which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to an improved device which is convenientlytermed a cleaner for food choppers, the same being especially, but notnecessarily, designed for use in connection with the type of chopperembodying the internal screw carrying a removable externally" disposeddetachable convexcutting disk adapted to rotate with the screw.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a cleaner which isconstructed'to co-act with the convex peripheral teeth of thecuttingdisk, the same being disposed in close proximity thereto andserving to continuously remove the food accumulations therefrom.

An important object of the invention is to provide a cleaner which isshaped to conform to the cutting disk and is adjustably mounted on thechopper to'permit it to be moved toward and from; the disk toaccommodate varying thicknesses of disks.

Another object of the invention is to so cast the chopper that aflattened raised port-ion is provided for providing effective mountingmeans for the shank of the cleaner which slidably engages it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cleaning device whichis such in construction that it does not interfere with the usualremovable attachments applied to the discharge neck of the hopper.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame Figure 1 is a perspective view of a food chopper equipped with acleaner constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is likewise a perspective View showand exact deouter face' Also,the

ing the especially, the hopper, the cleaning fingerbeing removed. p V 1'Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the cleaning finger. i In thedrawings for, the purpose of illustration, I have shown a conventionaltype of foodchopper which includes, among-other details, a hopper Hconnected to a horizontal cylindrical portion which houses. aninternalscrew (not shown). As is usual, the forward portion of the dischargeneck 7 N and a cutting disk. .0 00- operates with the discharge neck andis constructed portion of cylindrical part constitutes a.

mounted for rotation on the screw. The cutting disk is of courseremovable and the particular form shown embodies a convexed dischargeneck is pro,- vided with the usualexternal threads T for accommodatingthe different attachments customarily used...

The foregoing details are oflcourse old and well known and constitute nopart of the invention. However, the particular type of'cleaning devicewhich I have devised is especially, but not necessarily adapted for usewith a food cutter of this type, but of course by shaping the parts alittle differently, the devicecan be adapted foruse in connection withpractically any type of chopper. In carrying out the invention Icontemplate casting a raised bloclclike portion 1 on one side of thecylindrical portion of the chopper and this portion constitutes ingsurface for the removable cleaner 2. It is to be noted that inmanufacturing the chopper, the bloclclike part terminates inward of theextremity of the discharge neck a slidv i.

and at this point a comparatively shallow V flat surface of the inwardof the part 1 and the shank is provided with elongated slots and bindingscrews 6 pass through these slots and serve to hold the cleaner in.various adjusted positions. It is to "be noted that the shank of thecleaner is off-set with respect to the I finger as seen at 7 and ashoulder is thus 7 Provided whlch abuts the forward end of' disk andsince the finger is .disposed in close 7 on the periphery proximity tothe teeth thereof, it will be obvlous that as the disk rotates, thefinger will continuously remove the food accumulations therefrom. isdesired to remove the cutting disk and to substitute one having largeror smaller teeth, it is obvious that the cleaning blade can be adjustedto accommodate any of the conventional sizes of disk 1. These and otherfeatures and advantages of the invention have been made apparent from 7going description and it is therefore believed the forethat a morelengthy description is unnecessary.

Since probably the best results may be obtained with the constructionand arrangement herein shown and described, this is taken as thepreferred embodiment of the invention. However, I wish it to beunderstood that minor changes coming within the 'Hence,

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scope of the invention as claimed may be resorted to if desired.

I. claim l. The combination with the discharge neck of a food chopper,an external thread and being provided in its outer surface with arecess, of a cutter cleaning finger projecting beyond the neck andhaving its inner end received in said recess to render the outer face of.said finger flush with the said neck having ad acent its free endsurface of said neck, whereby to permit the application of accessoriesto said neck without interference from said finger.

2. A food chopper of the type set forth having an eXter-nalraisedblock-like portion on one side, said portion terminating inward of theextremity of the neck of the chopper, there being a recess formed insaid neck at the outer end of said portion, and a cleaner having a partslidably connected with said portionand also having fingler I receivedin said recess and projecting beyond said neck for co-act on with thecutter.

3. A cutter cleaner comprising a hlock- 'llke portion, and cleanerlncluding a curved finger and a shank, the latter engaging said portionand being provided with elongated slots, and binding screws carried bysa d block-portion and extending through sa d slots.

including a cleanerformed from an elongated strip of metal curved at oneend to vide a finger, the opposite end of the strip providing anattaching portion and the 4. A cleaning device-of the type describedlatter being laterally offset with respect to 1 the finger. 1 Intestimony whereof I- have hereunto aflixed my signature.

- LOUIS c. EDWARDS.

